The Alabama Department of Public Health this morning raised the number of deaths in the state from COVID-19 to 26, up by five. Authorities are investigating 15 other deaths of people who had been diagnosed with the virus.

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 stood at 1,543, growing by more than 50% since Wednesday morning. One week ago, the state had 604 confirmed cases and three deaths.

Jefferson County still leads the state with 369 confirmed cases but no confirmed deaths from COVID-19. Officials are investigating nine deaths in the county of patients who had been diagnosed with the disease.

Madison County has reported 123 confirmed cases and one death while Shelby County counted 118 cases and four deaths. Chambers and Mobile counties lead the state in deaths with five each.

Here is the full list of counties, reported deaths and confirmed deaths.

 

County                                      Cases                                      Deaths                                     Died from COVID-19

Autauga	12	0	0
Baldwin	28	1	0
Barbour	1	0	0
Bibb	4	0	0
Blount	9	0	0
Bullock	2	0	0
Butler	1	0	0
Calhoun	21	0	0
Chambers	83	5	5
Cherokee	5	0	0
Chilton	15	0	0
Choctaw	4	0	0
Clarke	3	0	0
Clay	8	0	0
Cleburne	7	0	0
Coffee	6	0	0
Colbert	5	0	0
Conecuh	1	0	0
Coosa	6	0	0
Covington	4	0	0
Crenshaw	1	0	0
Cullman	15	1	0
Dale	1	0	0
Dallas	7	0	0
DeKalb	10	0	0
Elmore	19	0	0
Escambia	2	0	0
Etowah	21	2	2
Fayette	1	0	0
Franklin	5	0	0
Geneva	0	0	0
Greene	5	0	0
Hale	3	0	0
Henry	2	0	0
Houston	12	1	0
Jackson	12	1	1
Jefferson	369	9	0
Lamar	1	0	0
Lauderdale	14	2	1
Lawrence	4	0	0
Lee	100	3	2
Limestone	30	0	0
Lowndes	2	0	0
Macon	5	0	0
Madison	123	1	1
Marengo	8	0	0
Marion	16	2	1
Marshall	16	0	0
Mobile	104	5	5
Monroe	5	0	0
Montgomery	61	1	1
Morgan	24	0	0
Perry	0	0	0
Pickens	11	0	0
Pike	10	0	0
Randolph	10	1	1
Russell	4	0	0
St. Clair	24	0	0
Shelby	118	4	4
Sumter	7	0	0
Talladega	12	0	0
Tallapoosa	20	1	1
Tuscaloosa	41	0	0
Walker	49	0	0
Washington	5	1	1
Wilcox	6	0	0
Winston	3	0	0
Total	1543	41	26